Archive: Month: March 2018
Oceana welcomes marine research offer on PH Rise
OCEANA, an international organization focused solely on conservation of the oceans, has welcomed the offer of Silliman University in Dumaguete City to participate in the marine research in the Philippine Rise, previously known as Benham Rise.Danny Ocampo, oceans campaign manager of Oceana-Philippines, on Tuesday evening, March 20, expressed gratitude to ...
Oceana welcomes marine research offer on PH Rise
OCEANA, an international organization focused solely on conservation of the oceans, has welcomed the offer of Silliman University in Dumaguete City to participate in the marine research in the Philippine Rise, previously known as Benham Rise.Danny Ocampo, oceans campaign manager of Oceana-Philippines, on Tuesday evening, March 20, expressed gratitude to ...
Army official denies planting evidence vs ‘Mabinay 6’
A PHILIPPINE Army battalion commander has dismissed claims by certain quarters that the high-powered firearms and other evidence recovered from six suspected New People’s Army (NPA) members were planted by government troops.Lt. Col. Darrel Bañez, commander of the 62nd Infantry Battalion, said one of the firearms recovered from the so-called ...
Journalist safety a required course
ZD’s TRIVIA DUMAGUETE CITY – Journalists must know, train and study professionally on how to keep themselves safe
Oceana rallies Silliman University to protect Benham Rise
DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental -- Oceana, an international conservation and advocacy organization, is rallying the support of Silliman University here in ongoing efforts to protect the Philippine Rise, also known as Benham Bank.Danny Ocampo, Oceana-Philippines’ Oceans campaign manager, on Friday said his group is tapping Silliman University for being a ...
Drug suspects arrested during 'pot session' in Dumaguete
DUMAGUETE CITY – Philippine National Police (PNP) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives in Negros Oriental arrested six persons in an anti-illegal drugs operation Wednesday in this city.An initial police report said that a joint team of elements from the PNP Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, the Provincial Intelligence Bureau-Special ...
Dumaguete officials throw support behind ‘Rehabinasyon’ program
DUMAGUETE City Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo led local officials, the youth, the academe, law enforcement agencies and other sectors in supporting the government’s program “Rehabinasyon”.They announced the support as the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) and the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) conducted a forum in Dumaguete City over ...
Duterte warns Maute recruitment in Visayas
DUMAGUETE CITY – Almost 7 hours late, President Rodrigo Duterte told the assembled governors and mayors from
Negros prosecutor readies resolution on murders of 'Carp claimants'
THE Negros Oriental assistant provincial prosecutor handling the multiple murder case relative to the deaths of farmers claiming to be petitioners of the government’s land reform program is expected to come up with a resolution with or without the counter-affidavits of the respondents.Assistant Prosecutor Joann Marie Abada said Thursday, March ...
10 writers accepted for Asia's oldest creative writing workshop
A TOTAL of 10 writers from the Philippines have been accepted as fellows to the 2018 Silliman University National Writers Workshop for this year. Mark Raygan Garcia, director of the Office of Information and Publications (OIP) of Silliman University (SU) in Dumaguete City, said the workshop, the oldest creative writing ...
